The NEW RtI: Response to Intelligence

There is a new 2nd Edition! Please purchase the newer version.The NEW RtI: Response to Intelligence is the recognition of and commitment to providing academic challenge and social/emotional support to children of high potential. Response to Intelligence understands that all children, including the gifted, have the right to grow at least one year for every year spent in school so they are prepared to thrive in the 21st Century.Advocating for gifted students is an endless, on-going task as the support pendulum swings, sways, dangles, swerves, shifts, and fluctuates back and forth, decade by decade. But its advocates persistently struggle through trends, bandwagons, politicians, and laws. Enter Response to Intervention a 3-tier triangular model purportedly providing success for ALL students.But will the RtI movement leave Gifted students behind . . . again?Response to Intelligence advocates for gifted children while supporting the concept that all children on the learning continuum grow and continue to learn. RtI is not just for those who struggle but also for those who demonstrate the capacity for excelling, going beyond the norm.Supported by their 50+ combined years of commitment to gifted education, author and consultant Penny Choice and co-author Dr. Sally Walker, Executive Director for the Illinois Association for Gifted, turn the original RtI model on its side, create a mirror image, and place Tier 2 and Tier 3 students on a continuum, finally providing for ALL students in the classroom including gifted students.This NEW movement is then, in fact, a Response to INTELLIGENCE.